Mike Sanford

An innovative initiative that started from a desire to bring people together has grown into a daily event that supports workplace wellbeing and local businesses at one Southland company. Since 2019, Southland-based nutritional products manufacturer Blue River Dairy has been providing a free, daily l

The final piece of a unique heritage train project has been transported to Lumsden ready for preservation. An 1877 rail passenger carriage was carefully lifted from the back yard of a property in Winton, where it had sat on concrete blocks for around 80 years. It will be restored and eventually form

Groundwork has now started on the largest residential housing development in Invercargill, Te Puāwai, with Stage 1 providing 100+ sections expected to go on sale in the second half of this year. Te Puāwai is the new residential development on a 70-ha block of land between Tramway Road and Centre Str

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is giving an update after Cabinet’s discussions on additional ways to ease the cost of living pressure on families. Ardern says the invasion of Ukraine has unleashed a “global energy crisis”, with all three fuel types rising for the highest amount on record. Prices have

Southland District Council and the Fiordland Community Board are putting the Luxmore residential and industrial subdivision in Te Anau on the market for sale to developers. The community board is seeking expressions of interest from developers who can undertake a residential and commercial subdivisi

The Invercargill community will this month be asked their views on options identified for the future of the region’s museum. Invercargill City Council committed in its Long Term Plan 2021-2031 to invest $39.4 million to redevelop the region’s museum and art gallery and agreed to review whether a new

Independent fuel retailer Waitomo is warning of a looming unprecedented rise in prices, but one of its rivals says it does not see a benefit in suddenly reacting to every single price shift in the market. Petrol stations around the country have been busy today after the warning. Waitomo chief execut

The Commerce Commission has stopped short of a radical shake up of the supermarket sector to improve competition for consumers. Its final report into the $22 billion sector said competition in the industry was not working well for New Zealanders. “We have found that the intensity of competition betw